Fruit-can



(No Model.)

J. T. ROBINSON.

I FRUIT CAN. No. 305,333. Petentea Sept. 16, 1884. Y

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UNITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN THOMAS ROBINSON, OF GILMER, TEXAS.

FRUIT-CAN.

SBPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,333, dated September 16, 1884.

Application filed April 28, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J. T. ROBINSON, of Gilmer, in the county of Upshur and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Oans5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fruit-cans; and it consists in the combination of a can having it-supper edge turned inward, so as to form a flange, an L -shaped collar which is secured inside of the mouth of the can, the cap which has its lower edge turned outward,so as to forma flange, and a holding device for keepingthe cap in position, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a collar inside of the mouth of the can, for the purpose of supporting the cap and receiving the sealing-wax, which is poured around the edges of the collar, the cap and the can being provided with flanges which hold the wax between them in such a manner that the cap cannot be readily removed.

Figure 1 is avertical section of a can embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Arepresents an ordinary sealing-can, which has its upper edge turned inward, so as to form a flange, B. Just below this edge may be formed a bead or crimp, so as to leave aspace into which the wax will run, and thus form an additional means of keeping the cover in place. Inside of the mouth of the can is secured the L-shaped collar O, the upper edge of which projects abovethe top edge of the can,as shown. The distance between the inner side of the can and the outer side of the collar is just sufficient to allow the lower edge of the cap G to pass freely down between them and then reupon the top edge of the can, serve to hold the wax or other sealing substance tightly between them, and prevent the cover from being readily pulled off. As the upper edge of the collar extends above the upper edge of .the can,

in case too much sealing-wax is poured into M the collar, it runs over the top of the can, instead of running into the can, which it would otherwise do if the top edge of the collar were not made to extend up higher than the top of the can. In order to assist in holding the cap tightly down in place, there are suitable loops, 0, attached to opposite sides of the can, and through these loops the ends of the strap 1? are passed and then turned upward, so as to hold the strap in place. Between the top of the can and the strap a label of any kind can be .passed and held in place by the strap.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The combination of a can having its upper edge turned inward, so as to form a flange, the L-shaped collar, which is secured'inside of the mouth of the can, the cap which has its lower edge turned outward, so as to form a flange, and a holding device for keeping the cap in po-' sition, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN THOMAS ROBINSON. \Vitncsses:

W. H. SAUNDERS, J. M. G-LAsoo. 

